Is there a war on?

The following is from the Guardian, but you have to subscribe to read it, and as I don't, there's no link. The text was knicked from Timmys place though

There are urban areas of England where no one lives within a 15-minute walk of nature, government data shows, as ministers scramble to meet their access to nature targets.

I have to ask, and pardon my French, but who actually gives a flying fuck? And what the actual fuck is an 'Access to Nature' target, and why do these morons come up with such things?

While the data shows 80% of people live within walking distance of green or blue spaces such as a river, park or woodland, it also reveals a disparity between rural and poorer urban areas.

So  in the first paragraph we have '15 minute walk', and in the second, 'within walking distance'. The Government must think it's impossible to walk more than 15 minutes. Within walking distance to me would be an hours walk away. I don't do that often, but I do do it, and I know there are many people out there who would consider even that to be a short stroll

 

The term 'Green Spaces' has been getting on my nerves for quite some time now, so you can imagine how pleased I was to find out that we are now calling rivers and stuff, 'Blue Spaces'. We're governed by idiots. Ridiculous, target driven idiots

The access minister, Sue Hayman, said: “Spending time in nature is so important for our mental and physical wellbeing, and this government is committed to delivering better access to nature for people across the country, no matter where they live.

HOW!? What do they plan to do? Bulldoze roads and run rivers through them? How on Earth do you deliver better access to nature for people who live in urban sprawls, apart from plant a couple of trees on the street corner and put a water fountain in the town centre?

 

And why? So what if some people don't have a tree less than 15 minutes away? Who gives a tiny rats arse? Why do the government need to do something? There may be a disparity between rural and urban areas, but there's a clue in the names; Rural is rural and urban is urban, and that's the way it works

 

And why do we have an 'Access Minister' anyway? Is she our flexible friend?

We have already taken action to improve access to nature by announcing the first of nine national river walks, the Mersey Valley Way and two new national forests.”

She doesn't say where they are planting these forests, or which council estate they will be fifteen minutes walk from

 

So our Government has the following priorities:

Identify a probelm that isn't a problem

Set targets to fix it

Miss the target because they are fucking impossible

Get in a tizwas about it

Forget to send ships to defend our military bases overseas when they get attacked

Call everyone who notices, Far Right

Pay rises all round 

 

Do the puddles in the potholes count as blue spaces?